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SELF-PORTRAIT AS HURRY AND DELAY by JORIE GRAHAM

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: SO THAT EVERY NIGHT ABOVE THEM IN HER CHAMBERS SHE UNWEAVES IT
Last Line: BEGINNING ALWAYS BEGINNING THE ENDING AS THEY GO TO SLEEP BENEATH HER

Poem Sources:

THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW.
  (1986)
 
THE END OF BEAUTY.
  GRAHAM, JORIE
  (1987)
 
THE DREAM OF THE UNIFIED FIELD: SELECTED POEMS, 1974 - 1994.
  GRAHAM, JORIE
  (1995)
 



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